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Die Abenteuer G.m.B.H.
Also known as Adventures, Inc. in the USA
(1929) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Fred Sauer

Cast: Carlo Aldini [Pierre Lafitte], Hilda Bayley [Rita van den Meer], Eve Gray [Lucienne Fereoni], Eberhard Leithoff [George Finné], Elfriede Borodin [Jeanette Finné, seine Schwester], Shayle Gardner [Julius Vardier, staatssekretär des innern], Hans Mierendorff [Marglin, chef des Geheimdienstes], Jack Mylong-Münz (John Mylong) [Boris], Valy Arnheim [Wittington], Mikhail Rasumny

Orplid-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production; distributed by Messtro-Film Verleih Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung. / Scenario by Jane Bess, from the novel The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie. Art direction by Leopold Blonder and Franz Schroedter. Cinematography by A.O. Weitzenberg. / Released 15 February 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first film adaptation of a Christie story. The film was released in the USA as Adventures, Inc. in 1929. / [?] Silent film?

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 13 September 2015.

References: Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 87 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Anthony Durrant and John Tomlinson.

Home video: DVD.